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Daily ifi Trojan
vol. Ixv no. 15
University of Southern California
los angeles, California
friday, october 6, 1972
Chicanos win OK for center
By Andrew Erskine
associate editor Plans for the Centro Chicano, a Mexican-American community center to be located near campus, were finalized yesterday.
The center will occupy the present office of the Hoover Redevelopment Project located at 3406 Hoover St. when it is vacated on or about Oct. 15.
The arrangement for funding the center was reached yesterday morning at a meeting between President John Hubbard and members of MECHA, the Chicano student organization, and the originators of the plan.
The center will be funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, which also financed the original community center on 36th Street. No fixed budget has been drawn up, but Raul Vargas, the interim director of the Centro Chicano and the director of Chicano affairs, felt confident that “there were no financial barriers if we can justify expenditures.”
Arturo Abarca, an advisor to MECHA, said, “We have Hubbard’s support; we don’t forsee any problems.”
Hubbard implied, however, that the funding of the center was not an open-ended proposition.
“The life of the project depends on its ability to generate funds,” he said.
Director sought Vargas said that they were searching for a permanent director for the center, one of whose duties would be to raise outside funds for the Centro Chicano.
“We don’t want to be a constant drain on the university’s funds,” he said. He cited the fact that a similar center at the Claremont colleges has long been self-sustaining.
“When I came here in January, some members of MECHA were talking about a community center for Chicanos,” Vargas said. “The group presented their plan to Hubbard, and last month he appointed a task force to examine the proposal.”
When asked why the original community center on 36th Street was insufficient, Vargas said, “It was meant for everybody, but for all intents and purposes it is a black-oriented program. We needed to do our own thing.” Arturo Abarca, an advisor to MECHA, appeared optimistic about the future of the center. “We will prove that this is going
University will close Monday
There will be no classes Monday in observance of Columbus Day. University offices will also be closed for the holiday. Classes and offices will reopen Tuesday.
The Daily Trojan’s feature magazine SoCal will not appear. The regular Daily Trojan will be published on Tuesday.
to be a worthwhile project,” he said.
Center beneficial “We know we have the expertise to make the Centro Chicano beneficial not only to the Chicano students and the Chicano community, but to the university community as a whole.”
“The center will provide for a cultural and philisophical interchange.”
Hubbard described the institution of the center as “another example of our concern with minority affairs and establishing mutually beneficial links with the community.” When asked how he felt USC compared to other institutions in the area of minority affairs, Hubbard said, “I don’t know how any university could do more, given the paucity of resources.” Vargas stressed that the Centro Chicano would not be solely a social center, but would be involved in programs of service to the university and minority community, as well as research.
“Mexican American students make up a minute portion of the student body here due to poor recruitment. We’d like to help the university recruit minority students,” he said.
Advisement Vargas said that the center would also assist in advising Chicano students. “I don’t think that advisement is a strong point at USC. Students just don’t have anyone to go to other than students,” he said.
The Centro Chicano will also initiate community involvement projects such as a tutoring program. The center will hire students as tutors, utilizing the federal work-study program.
“I think that the students can do just as good a job at it as professionals,” Vargas said.
“We feel that USC is a gold mine. We have resources that can be channeled into the outside community.”
“For instance, there’s a lot of federal money available for programs for high school dropouts, but inadequate counseling.”
--------------------------------
Trust is .. . being guided in the dark by a friend
Members of a Psychology 200 discussion section, David Van Iderstine and Lynn Swann, are becoming aware of each other and ofthe world around them in a very unique way.
Kathleen McCue, teaching assistant, hopes that her students will begin their study of psychology as a group of close friends rather than merely as individual students.
In order to develop inter-
between members of the small class she had them pair off—one student wearing a heavy blindfold, the other acting as guide and companion—and take a trust walk around campus.
After 30 minutes of wandering in darkness, touching and smelling various objects, and nonverbally communicating with their partners, the blindfolded students met to discuss their experiences.
LETTER FROM DENTAL STUDENTS
Hubbard urged to support Ingle
Students in the School of Dentistry are trying to persuade President John Hubbard to support Dr. John Ingle, the dean of the school who has recently come under criticism from school alumni and backers.
According to Al Cutri, student body president of the School of Dentistry, an ad hoc committee of students and faculty sent a strong letter to Hubbard Tuesday urging him to take an immediate stand backing Ingle.
Reportedly, Hubbard was to make a statement supporting Ingle Sept. 28 but did not. He is now planning to talk to the dental students and faculty Tuesday at noon but has indicated no statement will be made at that time.
Petition to Hubbard
a:
To encourage Hubbard to take a supportive stand next week, the students plan to present him with
a petition in favor of Ingle and the dental education he is responsible for.
Cutri said he is confident the dental school student body will support the petition as strongly as the faculty did in their petition, which was signed by 90% of the dental professors.
In addition, the students plan to present a proposal to the University Senate, Oct. 18. the day the Dental Advisory Committee reports to Hubbard on the validity of the charges against Ingle. The proposal will urge the Senate to publicly support the dean.
If Hubbard refuses to support Ingle, other measures may be taken, Cutri said. Two possible actions have been mentioned: (1) closing down the School of Dentistry until Hubbard takes a positive stand; or (2) discrediting the university by informing the Los Angeles Times of charges by a dental alumni group that the school has accepted unqualified minority students.
PROBE concentrates activity as only 7 show for meeting
Only 7 people showed at PROBE’S first meeting Wednesday.
Larry McLaughlin, temporary head of PROBE, (People’s Response on a Better Envi-
ronment) expressed disappointment that out of a campus of thousands, only 7 showed interest in USC’s ecology movenent.
The members present discussed what activities they could pursue with such a small number of people. The prospects were limited.
They finally agreed to work for Proposition 20, the Coastal Initiative, by setting up a table near Tommy Trojan similar to those for presidential candidates.
Hope for new members
They hope that by giving information on the initiative they might attract new members into their group.
Not only do they want volunteers to work for the prop-
osition, but also for future ecological projects.
McLaughlin said that the organization is equipped to pursue most ecological projects, alone or in conjunction with another conservation group.
But he added that the most important need at this time is for more interested students.
Their next meeting will be Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, students with an interest in any ecological project should come to the meeting with their ideas.
If a student is unable to attend the meeting he can get more information about PROBE at the group’s table or by calling McLaughlin at 427-1029.

Daily ifi Trojan
vol. Ixv no. 15
University of Southern California
los angeles, California
friday, october 6, 1972
Chicanos win OK for center
By Andrew Erskine
associate editor Plans for the Centro Chicano, a Mexican-American community center to be located near campus, were finalized yesterday.
The center will occupy the present office of the Hoover Redevelopment Project located at 3406 Hoover St. when it is vacated on or about Oct. 15.
The arrangement for funding the center was reached yesterday morning at a meeting between President John Hubbard and members of MECHA, the Chicano student organization, and the originators of the plan.
The center will be funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, which also financed the original community center on 36th Street. No fixed budget has been drawn up, but Raul Vargas, the interim director of the Centro Chicano and the director of Chicano affairs, felt confident that “there were no financial barriers if we can justify expenditures.”
Arturo Abarca, an advisor to MECHA, said, “We have Hubbard’s support; we don’t forsee any problems.”
Hubbard implied, however, that the funding of the center was not an open-ended proposition.
“The life of the project depends on its ability to generate funds,” he said.
Director sought Vargas said that they were searching for a permanent director for the center, one of whose duties would be to raise outside funds for the Centro Chicano.
“We don’t want to be a constant drain on the university’s funds,” he said. He cited the fact that a similar center at the Claremont colleges has long been self-sustaining.
“When I came here in January, some members of MECHA were talking about a community center for Chicanos,” Vargas said. “The group presented their plan to Hubbard, and last month he appointed a task force to examine the proposal.”
When asked why the original community center on 36th Street was insufficient, Vargas said, “It was meant for everybody, but for all intents and purposes it is a black-oriented program. We needed to do our own thing.” Arturo Abarca, an advisor to MECHA, appeared optimistic about the future of the center. “We will prove that this is going
University will close Monday
There will be no classes Monday in observance of Columbus Day. University offices will also be closed for the holiday. Classes and offices will reopen Tuesday.
The Daily Trojan’s feature magazine SoCal will not appear. The regular Daily Trojan will be published on Tuesday.
to be a worthwhile project,” he said.
Center beneficial “We know we have the expertise to make the Centro Chicano beneficial not only to the Chicano students and the Chicano community, but to the university community as a whole.”
“The center will provide for a cultural and philisophical interchange.”
Hubbard described the institution of the center as “another example of our concern with minority affairs and establishing mutually beneficial links with the community.” When asked how he felt USC compared to other institutions in the area of minority affairs, Hubbard said, “I don’t know how any university could do more, given the paucity of resources.” Vargas stressed that the Centro Chicano would not be solely a social center, but would be involved in programs of service to the university and minority community, as well as research.
“Mexican American students make up a minute portion of the student body here due to poor recruitment. We’d like to help the university recruit minority students,” he said.
Advisement Vargas said that the center would also assist in advising Chicano students. “I don’t think that advisement is a strong point at USC. Students just don’t have anyone to go to other than students,” he said.
The Centro Chicano will also initiate community involvement projects such as a tutoring program. The center will hire students as tutors, utilizing the federal work-study program.
“I think that the students can do just as good a job at it as professionals,” Vargas said.
“We feel that USC is a gold mine. We have resources that can be channeled into the outside community.”
“For instance, there’s a lot of federal money available for programs for high school dropouts, but inadequate counseling.”
--------------------------------
Trust is .. . being guided in the dark by a friend
Members of a Psychology 200 discussion section, David Van Iderstine and Lynn Swann, are becoming aware of each other and ofthe world around them in a very unique way.
Kathleen McCue, teaching assistant, hopes that her students will begin their study of psychology as a group of close friends rather than merely as individual students.
In order to develop inter-
between members of the small class she had them pair off—one student wearing a heavy blindfold, the other acting as guide and companion—and take a trust walk around campus.
After 30 minutes of wandering in darkness, touching and smelling various objects, and nonverbally communicating with their partners, the blindfolded students met to discuss their experiences.
LETTER FROM DENTAL STUDENTS
Hubbard urged to support Ingle
Students in the School of Dentistry are trying to persuade President John Hubbard to support Dr. John Ingle, the dean of the school who has recently come under criticism from school alumni and backers.
According to Al Cutri, student body president of the School of Dentistry, an ad hoc committee of students and faculty sent a strong letter to Hubbard Tuesday urging him to take an immediate stand backing Ingle.
Reportedly, Hubbard was to make a statement supporting Ingle Sept. 28 but did not. He is now planning to talk to the dental students and faculty Tuesday at noon but has indicated no statement will be made at that time.
Petition to Hubbard
a:
To encourage Hubbard to take a supportive stand next week, the students plan to present him with
a petition in favor of Ingle and the dental education he is responsible for.
Cutri said he is confident the dental school student body will support the petition as strongly as the faculty did in their petition, which was signed by 90% of the dental professors.
In addition, the students plan to present a proposal to the University Senate, Oct. 18. the day the Dental Advisory Committee reports to Hubbard on the validity of the charges against Ingle. The proposal will urge the Senate to publicly support the dean.
If Hubbard refuses to support Ingle, other measures may be taken, Cutri said. Two possible actions have been mentioned: (1) closing down the School of Dentistry until Hubbard takes a positive stand; or (2) discrediting the university by informing the Los Angeles Times of charges by a dental alumni group that the school has accepted unqualified minority students.
PROBE concentrates activity as only 7 show for meeting
Only 7 people showed at PROBE’S first meeting Wednesday.
Larry McLaughlin, temporary head of PROBE, (People’s Response on a Better Envi-
ronment) expressed disappointment that out of a campus of thousands, only 7 showed interest in USC’s ecology movenent.
The members present discussed what activities they could pursue with such a small number of people. The prospects were limited.
They finally agreed to work for Proposition 20, the Coastal Initiative, by setting up a table near Tommy Trojan similar to those for presidential candidates.
Hope for new members
They hope that by giving information on the initiative they might attract new members into their group.
Not only do they want volunteers to work for the prop-
osition, but also for future ecological projects.
McLaughlin said that the organization is equipped to pursue most ecological projects, alone or in conjunction with another conservation group.
But he added that the most important need at this time is for more interested students.
Their next meeting will be Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, students with an interest in any ecological project should come to the meeting with their ideas.
If a student is unable to attend the meeting he can get more information about PROBE at the group’s table or by calling McLaughlin at 427-1029.